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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
May. 10, 2017
Seiichi Kogure, Kanagawa, JP;
Naohiro Kumagai, Kanagawa, JP;
Junpei Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuki Yogosawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuya Ohsugi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Sugiura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuji Wada, Kanagawa, JP;
Takehide Mizutani, Tokyo, JP;
Seiichi Kogure, Kanagawa, JP;
Naohiro Kumagai, Kanagawa, JP;
Junpei Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuki Yogosawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuya Ohsugi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Sugiura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuji Wada, Kanagawa, JP;
Takehide Mizutani, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a belt-shaped image bearer, a transferer, a guide, two rotators, and a support. The image bearer has an image bearing surface to bear an image thereon. The transferer forms a transfer section between the transferer and the image bearer, to transfer the image onto a recording medium. The guide is disposed upstream from the transfer section in a delivery direction of the recording medium, to guide the recording medium toward the transfer section. The two rotators are disposed upstream from the transfer section in a moving direction of the image bearer and in contact with a non-image bearing surface of the image bearer opposite to the image bearing surface, a first rotator being closer to the transfer section than a second rotator. The support supports the first rotator and the guide and adjusts a position of the first rotator and a position of the guide.